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[newbie] Diald, kppp and Mandrake 7.2 - installation issue

Hello I am trying to install diald with Mandrake 7.2 Kppp is running ok so I know that the modem and connections are fine. I read diald Howto many times but to no avail. Could someone out there help me out? I want to run diald (I got the latest mandrake rpm file .99.1) without

[newbie] /proc/kcore - what is it?

Hello Can anyone tell me what the file /proc/kcore is? Can I delete it? Many thanks Eduardo

[newbie] Lost root password

Hello Somehow I lost root password. Is thre any way to login as root again? Thanks a lot. Eduardo

[newbie] X server is small and looks funny

Hello I am trying to install linux on P-II 300 with RIVA 128 - 4mb. The installation went fine but the x server is kind of funny. First, it doesn't fill the whole screen; it is just a small square on the middle of it. Second, the taskbar is not there. Linux can find all the

Re: [newbie] Silly question - I don't know how to use man

Hello Thanks all for the suggestions regarding getting man to work. Here is what I tried: a) Re-installation of man softaware - It didn't work. b) Copy of somebody else's man.config to /etc/man.config. - It didn work. c) Use man as man -M /usr/man - it worked. The funniest thing about it is

[newbie] Kmail panic

Hello I have been running kmail-1.29 for quite a while, unfortunately it decided to not send emails anymore (error 550). Would anyone know what could be wrong? Thanks a lot. Ed

[newbie] Silly question - I don't know how to use man

Hello I know that this is a rather silly question but I definitely need help. For instance, I installed procmail on my system. The manuals were placed at /usr/man/man1 and /usr/man/man5 as *.1.gz or *1.bz2 and *.5.gz or *.5.bz2. When I type man procmail the sys returns no manual page for

[newbie] newbie - telnet with exporting display?

Hello I wonder if there is a software (or even a script) that can do remote login and export the display automatically (of course I will have to enter login passwd etc.). Thanks a lot. Eduardo

[newbie] Mandrake on old 486 -CD not found !!!

Hello I am trying to install Mandrake-7.02 (486 iso) on a 486 PC/33 with 20MB and 2 HDs: 210 MB and 1.08 GB. It has a CD (Creative 1220 E) attached to a Sound Blaster Card 16. I created a boot disk using a cdrom.img. I tried all the modules for cdrom available (sbpc etc.) and got

Re: [newbie] Mandrake on old 486 -CD not found !!!

a reference to 'hdd atapi 8x cdrom found' in the messages scolling on the screen at boot up, prior to this i had the problem with not being able to find an appropriate module and i noticed at that time that only the hard disk was being 'found' at boot up bascule mendes wrote: Hello

[newbie] Have someone used Hamcom Word?

Hello I wonder whether someone has used Hamcom. I can't get characters such as cedilla (ç), á, é etc. Per chance, does someone know how to set up the keyboard to get these characters? Thanks a lot. Eduardo

Re: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???

a fast connection. Regards, Nathan - Original Message - From: "mendes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ??? Hello Is Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso an image for 486 SX? I have an

Re: [newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???

Many thanks Eduardo On Sat, 6 May 2000, mendes wrote: Hello Thanks a lot. Can I simply mount the CD with Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso on a P-133 with CD on the other side of the lab and then use it to install mandrake on the old 486? Yes, but it is not necessary to burn

[newbie] Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso ???

Hello Is Mandrake-7.02.i486.iso an image for 486 SX? I have an old 486 SX machine without CD rom but if a netcard. Could someone give a help on how to install Mandrake on such a machine? Thanks a lot. Eduardo

Re: [newbie] CD's + burner for audio

Hi ya Did you check www.freshmeat.net? I think there is a software called kwav2cd that does what you want. It use cdrdao. Regards Eduardo Paul wrote: On Tue, 2 May 2000, KompuKit wrote: is thereor is there not...a application/program in mandrake...for

[newbie] Kmail problem - please help

Hello I had to upgrade kmail to version 1.0.29.1 as I was receiving loads of empty messages. Unfortunately the upgrade wasn't sucessful as I thought it would be. I can't download the messages anymore. In fact I can download only if the pop server has less than 10 messages on my

[newbie] PGP on 7.02 - need help, please!

Hello I downloaded and installed pgp soft on a Mandrake box. I couldn't quite understand what I did so I wonder whether someone could help me with the follwoing: a) ID? As far as I know I entered Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I am not sure which is my ID? b) Althoguh I

Re: [newbie] Kmail problem - please help

Hello Thanks a lot. I tried to clean up the disk and tomorrow I will know if it is working. Many thanks Eduardo On Mon, 1 May 2000, mendes wrote: Perhaps a good idea is to uninstall everything you can find of Kmail, and then reinstall the last version that you downloaded

Re: [newbie] portuguese accents mandrake 7.0 and staroffice

Hello Mine is working fine. There is a package by a brazilain guy that correct this problem. He made a special version for me so that all commands don't get translate to Portuguese. If you want it, please drop me an email and I will be happy to send it over to you. Regards

[newbie] Samba -printing to a NT printer

Hello I am kind of tired of trying to ffigure out hwo to use samba to have linux printing to a NT printer. On the NT side, the printer is a share (without password) with the name HP1600. Here are pieces of printcap and smb.conf. HP1600:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP1600:\

[newbie] Samba setup - some issues.

Hello I have samba running for some time without much trouble. Unfortunately I am not that happy with it as I have to add and remove smbusers just to use the printer on the linux box. Can I set the printer as security=share so that anyone on the windows box can use irt? How does it work? Do

[newbie] Postfix or Sendmail?

Hello As a newbie I did worse thing possible: rm -rf /etc. As a result I have to install linux again (Have I?). The previous installation was RedHat 6.1 and now I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0. Ok, here are my questions: a) Why won't Mandrake delete all partitions when asked for?

[newbie] How to config sound on Mandrake 7.0?

Hello I am running both Manrake 7.0 and Caldera 2.3 on the same machine (not simultaneously, of course!). I did not have probelm to config the ISA Sound blaster AWE 64 withtin Caldera but when I try to do the same on Mandrake 7.0 it won't work and sometimes wreckes the modem

Re: [[newbie] Office Question.]

Star Office, for Mandrake 6.1 Package. I's askingme for Company/Campus Key. Jeff Roberto Pedrozo Mendes - Vinhedo - SP Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1

[newbie] keyboard layout abnt2

i need to know how I configure my graphical interface (kde) to use the keyboard layout abnt2 Roberto Pedrozo Mendes - Vinhedo - SP Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1